Toothbrush holder



and cleaned,and one of the tooth brush holder that and lPatented May l,1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER W.' WELILEY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

TOOTHBRUSAH HOLDER.

Applicationled November 14, 1921. Serial No. 514,875.

Toothbrush Holders, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

10 My invention aims to provide a tooth brush holder made of two. piecesof material, detachably connected together, w1th one piece of materialbent and shaped to afford a shelf and a back plate, and the other 15piece of material bent and shaped to afford inclosures for one or morebrushes. The brushes are adapted to be frictionally retained Within theinclosures by struck-'out A resilient tongues or members of the back 20plate, and brushes can be easily inserted in the holder and retained ina sanitary condition. The manner in which the pieces of.

material are articulated to form the holder permits of the holder partsbeing separated holder parts conceals the fastening means employed forattaching the holder yto a wall or other support.

My invention further aims to provide a is rust proof, well ventilated,and easy to mount on a wall in a bathroom or other compartment, and theconstruction entering into the tooth brush holder will behereinaftendescribed and 35 then claimed. v

in wherein igure l is a front elevation of the tooth brush holder;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line II-II of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional on the line III- III of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a plan of the tooth brush holder,

Reference will now be had to the 4drawview taken front 'elevation andhas its ends provided with inturned flanges 2 disposed in parallelismwith the front face of the plate 1 to provide a pair of vertical guidesthat are open at the upper and lower ends thereof.

The uppervedge of the back plate terminates in a horizontal ledge orshelf 3 having its front edge upturned, as at 4 and more or lessornamental, said upt'urned edge being disposed at .a rightangle to theshelf 3 and parallel to a wall vor support 5 to which the back plate lmay be attached. In order that this may be conveniently accomplished,the back plate has -openings 6 for nails 7 or other fastening means thatmay extend into the wall 5 and anchor the back plate relative thereto.IVith the back plate s0 held a tooth paste tube, container, or otherarticle 8 may be safely placed on the shelf 3 and supported thereby, asindicated by dot and dash lines in Fig. 5.

Detachably connected to the back plate 1 is a compartment platel 9 whichis scalloped or bent to afford a plurality of parallel com'- partmentsor inclosures 10, said comparti ments being separated by doubledportions 11 of the compartment plate 9. The ends of the compartmentplate 9 have lateral .flanges 12 that are mounted in the guides formedby the back plate 1v and the flanges 2 and by reason of the shelf 3overhanging the upper ends of the flanges 2, itis neces-v sary to slidethe flanges l2 upwardly under the lower. ends of the flanges 2whenassembling the compartment plate 9 relative to the back plate. With4the compartment plate mounted on the'back plate the doubled portions llof the compartment plate will bear against the front faceof the backplate and the upper ends of the compartments or inclosures 10 will beclosed by the shelf 3, while the lower ends of the compartments orinclosures will 'be open so vthat tooth brushes may be inserted in thecompartment.v

The back plate 1 has a plurality of struck out resilienttongues ormembers13 corre# drawn from its compartment, and in order that there maybe ventilation within each compartment, 'the shelf 3 is provided with aseries of openings 16 corresponding in number to the toothbrushcompartment.

The two parts of the holder are preferablymade of light. and durablemetal, for instance aluminum that Will be practically rust proof andsusceptible to a polish that will permit of the holder in its entiretypresenting a neat and attractive appearance when mounted on a wall orother support. The compartment plate will conceal the nails 7orfastening means by which the holder is suspended, and since the shelf3 affords a support for a tooth paste tube it will always be convenientfor the user of a tooth brush.

Since the tooth brush holder is simple in construction and inexpensiveto manufacture it may be used as an advertising device and given gratiswith the purchase of tooth paste; the upturned edge 4 of the shelf 3 andthe lower edge of the b ack plate 1 permitting of advertising matterbeing easily associated with the holder.

With the compartmentplate 9 made of a thin gauge of material it will bemore or vless resilient and may be sprung under the flanges 2 of theback plate with its frictional engagement with said plate preventingdisplacement, especially when withdrawing -brushes from the compartmentsorl inclosures.

One embodiment of my invention has been illustrated, but 'it is 'to beunderstood that the-structural'l elements are susceptibleto suchvariations and modifications as fall within the scope of the appendedclaims.

What I claim is l. A 'tooth brush holder comprising a flanged back platehaving a shelf, and4 a..

compartment platre on said back plate and providing individual brushcompartments which have the upper ends thereof closed by the shelf ofsaid back plate, said compartment plate possessing a resiliency whichpermits of its side edges being sprung under the flanges of said backplate.

2. A tooth brush holder comprising two plates detachably connectedtogether, one of said plates having end flanges, the other of saidplates having a configuration which cooperates With the rst mentionedplate in providing brush compartments, the configuration of said platecausing its side edges to bind under the flanges of the lirs't mentionedplate, and means between saidI plates adapted to hold brushes in thecompartments.

3. A tooth brush holder as in claimy 2, wherein said means is in theform of members out struck from the first mentioned plate.

4. A tooth brush holder comprising a back plate having an overhangingshelf, a oompartment plate mounted on said back plate under said shelf,and cooperating with said back plate in providing a compartment havingan open lower end, said compartment plate havmg a configurationimparting resiliency thereto which causes said compartment plate to befrictionally held-by said back plate, means adapted for fastening saidback plate to a support with said means concealed by said compartmentplate, and

retained in the compartments.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WALTER W. WELPLEY. Witnesses:

KARL H. BUTLER, ANNA M. Donn.

and the other plate having a con-

